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RELEASE DATE: In Stores Now
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REVOLVER and ALTERNATIVE PRESS Magazines called the record one of their Most Anticipated of 2006. Jamey Jasta, Sean Martin, Chris Beattie and Matt Byrne – also known as HATEBREED with brand new member Frank Novinec – do it all, with a singular focus and hard-earned credibility only dreamt of by many of their contemporaries.
Supremacy contains the cathartic, cleansing “Destroy Everything” and the anthemic “Defeatist,” the chorus of which the HATEBREED faithful will scream at the top of their lungs at shows. About that song, Jasta says, “It's like me talking to myself, and talking to people that I don't want to be like. It's about not defeating your purpose or giving into assumptions and doubts. That's something that I never sang about.” The thoroughly cathartic “To The Threshold” was the focus track on Headbanger’s Ball: The Revenge, while the call-to-arms “Never Let It Die” and “Horrors Of Self” are songs where Jasta mined his personal life for source material. “I started chipping away, changing things I knew weren't working for me,” Jasta says, referring to the turnaround that he experienced. “I had to mend relationships, cut other relationships off, and get back to why I wanted to be in a band. I had to reignite the spark, so to speak, because I was burnt out.” After logging 600 shows in a mere two years, the frontman turned the negative into a positive. “I started reading emails, letters, and reopened my PO box which was shut down due to the volume of mail I received,” Jasta reveals with candor. “I reconnected with fans on our 10-year anniversary tour and talked to the kids, and met with so many people who were motivated and inspired by our words, our songs, and had overcome worse problems than I ever had, so it made me appreciate the power of music again.”
HATEBREED’s fans gave back to the band, just like the band gave itself to the fans, showing the redemptive, cyclical power of their music. Ultimately, Supremacy is a testament to renewal and reconnecting. It is also the defining statement of one of metal's most important, most ‘supreme’ bands.
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